Forum: Public Safety

I am a high school student in Anchorage, Alaska My idea is to use ArcGIS and its sibling software to improve emergency response in outdoor trails. ...

Does anyone know if there is a work around/patch/etc. to be able to use FEMA's HAZUS-MH software with 10.1? I just received their latest version...

Hi. I am looking for a good GIS-based application for use with municipal weed abatement, but having a surprisingly difficult time finding one. Does...

Hello, I am Giacomo Rossi, a GIS student that is doing an traineeship in the Ministry of Agricolture of Malta, exactly at the plant health...

I have installed the COP Flex 2.x template and have it running fine using the default basemap services. However, when I switch to our local basemap...

I'm doing a hot spot density map using the kernal option. It turns out well but it seems to make a big square in the middle that cuts off some of...

Hello, I am trying to work on a project where I need to find population data. One layer has population data of villages (polygon layer of...

Where can I find the required structure for the deomographics mapservice referenced by the ERGChemicalWidget <demographicLayer>? I'd like to create...

Is there really no spot to put an alias on a street? I have my own model that I use for street maintenance for dispatch, but my co-worker would like...

Hello all! This is my first post on these forums and I'm sure it will not be my last, I work for an E-911 center and have just started taking GIS...

Has anyone out there developed tool code to create search and rescue ring buffers and search grids?

Greetings. Been an ESRI/GIS user for a couple years and an Emergency Services Forum user for many years. This is my first time on a GIS Forum site,...

Given x number of GPS units transmitting NMEA formatted strings back to a server (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxxx) is there a way to listen in on the traffic...

I, like many others mapping for dispatch probably, have a polygon layer for fire and law zones and beats and I was surprised to see that there's no...

Hi. I have fire block attributes for the left and rights sides of street segment data. I need to create a fire block polygon from that data. Is there...

Need some help! Currently working with law enforcement here and they have CAD and Maverick established but still using shapefiles to do all the...

Hi there - My GIS work is tied to a multi-agency public safety dispatch system. Due to the software the dispatch system uses, I am limited to 3 alias...

Does anyone else use the VGI tool to 're-package' shapefles for Versacad? I've been running it on a windows 7 machine Arc GIS 9.3.1 (was 9.3 24...

I am in charge of the GIS data for our 9-1-1 Center. We have a very large street centerline and I have taken on the task of cleaning up the data and...

Hello everyone, I am new to GIS as is my department. We have a new project to build a records management & GIS program for law enforcement -...

Dear Community I'm looking at developing a model using ArcGIS Model Builder and Python in developing a process of estimating the potential loss of...

Hello everyone, We will be going live with our GIS information soon. At some point in the near future, I'm going to need to create a user manual...

Hi I am a newbee and glad to see this forum is active. I work for a so cal fire dept hope to learn alot from this forum. AJ

I keep getting "Source table must have an ObjectID column to perform a join by location" What? Ive never gotten this before...using ArcView 10 I...

I'm not sure Public Safety is the best place to post this question, but I figured I'd give it a shot here first. I am working with a CAD system...

Hello! What coordinate fields do you maintain in your public saftey GIS data - such as structures - and why? I'm on a working group for a...

I have evaluated the COP map template from ESRI, but it has one fatal flaw - Flex. Our department is moving to the iPad/iPhone interface. I don't...

Can anyone help me with this? I am trying to make my roads layer 911 routable. I have managed to create routes using Network Analyst extension. ...

Hello, I have downloaded the EMCOP template and I would like to customize it so that it is applicable to my area (nothern ontario, canada). I...

The ArcGIS Resource Center has a new look. The site also has some new functions and an improved ability to help you find helpful information better...

I have 4 main streets that make a square basically. I want to capture all the crime inside this area and only inside the area. I know it has to be...

Welcome to the discussion forum for the Public Safety user community! For many years now, users of ESRI technologies have found the discussion...